Leap Castle Ghost Hunt | Co. Offaly | Southern Ireland Ghost Hunt

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Leap Castle Ghost Hunt Experience

Dares you spend the night in a location which visitors have claimed to being one of the most haunted castles in the world?!….

Leap Castle (pronounced “Lep”) has an incredibly haunted reputation, could this be due to it having it’s own chapel known as the Bloody Chapel, named after one of its former owners who brutally murdered his own brother ( a priest) in the adjoining chapel. It’s also reported that many people were imprisoned at the castle before being executed. There’s also reports of a ghostly creature that haunts the castle, aptly known as “it”. Whilst the castle now provides public access, this is by appointment only, so not only is Leap castle rarely visited, its rarely investigated….are you brave enough to spend the night here?…..really?

Ghost Hunting at Leap Castle

Haunted Evenings will be splitting you down into terrifyingly small groups to heighten your senses at this bucket-list location. Armed with all the latest equipment, you could soon find yourself calling out in the dark to see what evidence you can capture. For the brave, hows about time alone with just a few trigger objects for company…what will you do if they trigger?!!…. Your night will be a fun but a real insight into real and raw ghost hunting. We’ll be setting up both new and traditional experiments in our quest to coax out the spirits at Leap Castle, you’re in safe hands but not so safe in small numbers!…

Paranormal Activity at Leap Castle

When a location such as Leap Castle can attract the likes of paranormal programs such as Ghost Adventures, TAPS and Ghost Hunters, it’s probably fair to say there’s a good reason why! Leap Castle has carved a very impressive reputation as being one of the worlds most haunted locations, the history trapped within the castles stone walls is pretty horrific!.

One of the earliest and most famous ghostly encounters is said to be that of a priest who haunts the “Bloody Chapel”. Passers-by have often reported sighting a light coming from the Chapel even when the castle lay in a state of ruin. One of the most concerning reports is of a malevolent and unpredictable spirit believed to have attached itself to the castle due to one of it’s former owners practicing in black arts. This spirit has been sighted at the stairs and is said to be sensed by the smell of a rotting corpse.

If that were not enough, it is believed that Leap Castle is haunted by up to a 40 strong group of male spirits who were poisoned at the Castle and who all met their untimely death within the castle walls.

In 1922 workmen uncovered an oubliette, a secret dungeon hidden within a corner of the Bloody Chapel. The workmen discovered a horrific scene on venturing down into the oubliette. It was there that they discovered 3 cart loads of human bones, all piled on top of one another amongst wooden spikes. It is believed that the Oubliette was where unwanted visitors were thrown down into, whilst the occupants feasted above, all dying gruesomely slow deaths from punctured lungs on the wooden spikes or through starvation.

History of Leap Castle

The Castle is believed to date back as early as the 13th Century, and evidence suggests that the castle was constructed on another ancient stone structure. The castle was partly demolished in 1516 when it was under siege, the original owners (O’Carrolls) regained possession in 1557. It is the O’Carroll brothers who turned against each other and where it is said one brother ( a priest) was fatally wounded by the other and died from this murder in the chapel now known as the Bloody Chapel.

Part of the castle was burnt down during the Irish Civil War in 1922, the castle was then purchased by an Australian Historian who completed extensive renovation up until his death in 1989. Since 1991 the castle has been privately owned by its current owner who continues the forever task of maintaining and restoring this stunning and historic location.

Event Dates Available…

Saturday 25th June 2016

Event times | 9.00 – 2.00am Arrival times | From 8.30pm

What happens after I’ve booked my place?

You will receive an order confirmation email once you have successfully placed your order. This is your proof of purchase as we do not send tickets out for our events, instead we operate a Guest List system. On receiving your order you will be automatically added to our guest list. Closer to your event date, you’ll be able to access all welcome information about your event from the “YOUR EVENT” tab from the main menu. This will give you all the information you will need for your night to come, including check in procedures, where to park, when to arrive and what to bring/wear. These details will likely not be available until the week of your event and could be added as late as 48 hours before. If your event is a few weeks away, please keep checking the Your Event tab closer to your event date. Most general information,( google map, arrival times) can be found on the product listing in the meantime.

RESERVED AS A PRIVATE BOOKING. If you would like to be placed onto a reserve list for this location, please contact us

Description

Leap Castle Ghost Hunt

Join Haunted Evenings as we venture over to the Emerald Isle on a ghost hunting adventure to Leap Castle! This infamously haunted castle won’t know whats hit it as we take all the extensive equipment over to set up some pretty intense ghost hunting experiments! The experience will start with a walk around of the Castle before you’ll be split into small groups to carry out vigils in all areas. Haunted Evenings will be ensuring your night is jam packed full with ghost hunting and your experience will be the closest you’ll get to serious (but fun) investigating. This Leap Castle Ghost Hunt is one not to miss!

Additional information

What's Included

*Walk round of the location with the lights on, pointing out places of interest.

*Guests will then be split into smaller groups to carry out small vigils

*Equipment Vigil. Guests will investigate an area using all the latest paranormal equipment. We will show you how to use all the devices, from thermal imaging cameras to listening devices. We will also see what we capture using voice and video recorders.

* Communication Boards. Guests will move on to another area and use techniques on the Ouija board, Yes|No boards. Equipment will also be available for guests to use during the session.

* Victorian Vigil. Guests will move on to another area and will have a go at using old and new techniques such as Table Tipping, Human Pendulums. We will also carry out EVP experiments, alongside these more traditional style investigations.

* Lone Vigils. Guests brave enough will be given time to re-visit areas of the location unaccompanied. Armed with walkie talkie contact with the team, guests can take any available equipment and conduct their own vigils.

*Group Vigil. Guests wanting to stay close to the team, will finish off the night carrying out a final vigil in the most active part of the location, using the technique that had the best response.

*Complimentary tea, coffee, soft drinks and snacks will be available throughout the event.